http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.5/visitors-to-public-lands-seek-different-experiences-than-in-the-past With demographic shifts, trendy activities like wildlife viewing and kayaking are increasing faster than traditional activities like hunting and backpacking. No publisher Sarah Jane Keller public lands National Parks yurt Keywords suggest changing demographics outdoor recreation tourism statistics Sarah Jane Keller 2013-03-18T21:48:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/one-sagebrush-rebellion-flickers-out-or-does-it Wayne Hage's 20-year court battle over ranching on public lands comes to a close, but his son continues to tussle with the feds. No publisher Jodi Peterson public lands property rights Wayne Hage takings Sagebrush Rebellion grazing 2012-09-21T15:57:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15651 The Bureau of Land Management rewrote a scientific report critical of its new grazing rules, and two veteran scientists have quit the agency in protest No publisher Tony Davis BLM Grazing government scientists grazing rules U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Erick Campbell Bill Brookes rangeland health cattle ranching riparian health wildlife endangered species grazing allotments public lands Bruce Babbitt Resource Advisory 2012-04-17T21:44:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15725 Jeremy Parriott is working with friends to create a 320-acre extreme-sports playground near Moab, Utah, to give four-wheelers and others a place to play off the public lands No publisher Jodi Peterson Off Road Vehicles Jeremy Parriott Area BFE extreme sports Moab Utah public lands outdoor recreation rock climbing off-road vehicles four-wheeling mountain bikes Kiley Miller Adrien Brody Moab Times-Independent Bruce Bunker San Juan County 2012-03-30T21:43:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/the-blm-struggles-to-get-ahead-of-oil-and-gas-development-in-the-west Master leasing plans, or MLPs, are a new tool designed to help the Bureau of Land Management better coordinate energy leasing and development in areas that may need special treatment or protection. No publisher Kimberly Hirai public lands Oil and gas leases energy development master leasing plans Wyoming BLM North Park, Colorado Beaver Rim 2012-03-14T14:50:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15744 The Quivira Coalition is working hard to try to preserve the West’s remaining private ranchlands – but much more needs to be done to protect this invaluable land No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Communities in Transition Grazing Ranching grazing private lands public lands open space development wildlife habitat Western communities ranchers Quivira Coalition conservation easements healthy beef movement cattle business 2012-03-08T22:09:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16325 Navajo Nation opens arms to coal-fired Desert Rock power plant; plan to trade public lands for schools is pulled off table; EPA has new Homeland Security position No publisher Laura Paskus Navajo Indian Reservation Navajo Nation Desert Rock power plant tribal sovereignty Sithe Global Power Joe Shirley Jr. Mark Rey Agriculture Department public lands school funding public land sales BLM Forest Service House Appropriations Commit 2011-11-11T22:37:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16238 Outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton has opened the door for counties and states to claim control of roads crossing federal lands No publisher Matt Jenkins RS 2477 Gale Norton Interior Department public lands county roads 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Kristen Brengel Wilderness Society Paul Sunderland San Juan County Colorado county rights movement road maintenance road building 2011-11-07T18:51:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/save-the-land-by-saving-the-rancher The best way to preserve the West's public lands is by preserving the West's ranchers. No publisher Amos Eno public lands Western ranchers livestock grazing conservation easements sustainable ranching riparian areas budget cuts Resources First Foundation 2012 Interior Appropriations bill 2011-09-07T19:51:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15613 A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West No publisher Renee H. Guillory Access And Inholding Norma Tapia Aravaipa Canyon public lands private property public access inholdings outdoor recreation hiking ORVs Jim Palmer Graham County Arizona BLM Sal Palazzolo Arizona Game and Fish Department The Nature Conservancy Diane Drobka Tom 2011-05-16T23:24:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-healthiest-landscapes-are-hidden Ranchers help give refuge to wildlife, despite being an endangered species themselves. No publisher Linda Hasselstrom public lands Wildlife ranchers grass-fed beef private grazing lands sustainable ranching 2010-12-01T23:09:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/16886 The BLM's National Landscape Conservation System will lose ground under President Bush’s proposed 2008 budget, which slashes funds by $8.56 million. No publisher Michelle Blank BLM public lands System National Landscape Conservation 2010-11-08T21:06:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/353/17192 Some environmentalists are unhappy about the BLM’s plans to spray herbicides for weed control, but many public-land managers say it’s the only way to tackle the invasion of flammable weeds. No publisher Eve Rickert BLM public lands flammable grasses herbicides weed control 2010-08-27T22:21:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/340/16847 It may have lovely photographs, but Valles Caldera: A Vision for New Mexico’s National Reserve is much more than just another coffee-table book. No publisher Laura Paskus George Bush Don Usner public lands hiking Congress New Mexico’s National Preserve Bill Clinton Baca Ranch William DeBuys photographers Trustees elk New Mexico history politics Valles Caldera Board of Valles Caldera: A Vision for 2010-08-26T21:15:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/348/17068 In the anthology Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works, a wide variety of authors argue that ranching is much more than an outmoded “lifestyle.” No publisher Linda Hasselstrom public lands anthologies ranchers Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works Jeff Lee Laura Western Richard L. Knight essays Pritchett 2010-07-30T18:45:26Z News Article